Halt the source zone to be cloned, which is my-zone in
this procedure.

global# zoneadm -z my-zone halt

Start configuring the new zone by exporting the configuration
of the source zone my-zone to a file, for example, master.

global# zonecfg -z my-zone export -f /export/zones/master

Note –

You can also create the new zone configuration using the procedure How to Configure the Zone instead of modifying
an existing configuration. If you use this method, skip ahead to Step 6 after
you create the zone.

Edit the file master. Set different properties
and resources for the components that cannot be identical for different zones.
For example, you must set a new zonepath. For a shared-IP
zone, the IP addresses in any net resources must be changed. For an exclusive-IP
zone, the physical property of any net resources must be changed.

Create the new zone, zone1, by using the commands
in the file master.

global# zonecfg -z zone1 -f /export/zones/master

Install the new zone, zone1, by cloning my-zone.

global# zoneadm -z zone1 clone my-zone

The system displays:

Cloning zonepath /export/home/my-zone...

If the source zonepath is on a ZFS pool, for example, zeepool, the system displays:

Cloning snapshot zeepool/zones/my-zone@SUNWzone1
Instead of copying, a ZFS clone has been created for this zone.